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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: MuleySniper on July 20, 2011, 07:54:00 PM

Title: Got my first!
Post by: MuleySniper on July 20, 2011, 07:54:00 PM: Funny, my dad and I were talking earlier today about after all the years we've been into shooting bows neither of us have ever pulled a robin hood. The ironic thing was Ive never shot from or hunted out of a tree stand. Something I'm planning on doing this deer season. Well when I got home I set up my stand (Ive had for about ten years :chuckle: ) and shot my first group. When I climbed up for the third time and let my second arrow go is when I heard it. I first brushed it off just thinking busted knock but when I walked up I noticed it right away! Pretty cool, I was shooting about 25 yards. Mathews Switchback XT that archery288's dad had just recently hooked up with new WC strings and cables. Wisker Biscuit rest. BTW, this tree stand thing is going to take some getting used to! :chuckle:
MS
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Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: mallard79 on July 20, 2011, 07:59:23 PM: Congrats! I have never done it with my bow but have done it at 20 yards with my 8 year olds bow. Man he was mad when I told him I broke his arrow. Lol
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: jechicdr on July 20, 2011, 08:36:07 PM: I've done it a few times before I started shooting my Z7 at different spots at 20 yard.
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: briancorneal on July 20, 2011, 09:02:34 PM: That gets expensive after you first few times. You almost ruin 2 arrows at once!
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: jackelope on July 20, 2011, 09:04:35 PM: Quote from: mallard79 on July 20, 2011, 07:59:23 PM
Congrats! I have never done it with my bow but have done it at 20 yards with my 8 year olds bow. Man he was mad when I told him I broke his arrow. Lol

I'll never understand why people congratulate each other for this. That's about $20-$30 down the tubes.
:dunno:
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: rebal69972 on July 20, 2011, 09:05:05 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: MLBowhunting on July 20, 2011, 11:52:03 PM: put that next to your deer heads :tup:
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: Old Dog on July 21, 2011, 05:25:15 AM: Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Good shootin'! :tup:
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: MuleySniper on July 21, 2011, 06:58:29 AM: Quote from: MLBowhunting on July 20, 2011, 11:52:03 PM
put that next to your deer heads :tup:

No kidding! Even at $20 or $30 it is still a lot cheaper than any animal trophy I have on the wall :chuckle:
I wouldn't be as excited if I were considered an "avid" archer, but with all my hobbies I shoot a total of maybe 3 or 4 months a year depending on what weapon I choose to hunt with. Definitely not a year round hobby for me.
MS
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: lokidog on September 03, 2011, 09:35:49 PM: Went and did it today.... :bash: Perfectly centered @ 20 yards. I haven't been getting super tight groups, so it caught me by surprise.

Luckily only one arrow was lost but it does look kind of cool.
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: sebek556 on September 03, 2011, 09:45:22 PM: when you do it at first you go yeah that's cool, then you think about the money gone and you go (explicative curse word) that's allot of money wasted :bash:
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: bloodhound on September 03, 2011, 10:19:40 PM: i did it this year for the first time as well. i think it was my third shot at 70 yard bale at skookum when the guy next to me shooting 50 yards told me i did it. i didnt believe it either till i walked down there and seen it as well.
Title: Re: Got my first!
Post by: throttlejocky20 on September 05, 2011, 10:38:28 AM: right on got mine at 30 yards and its hanging on the boys wall